Blogito ergo sum! Actually, as N.T. Wright averred, "'Amor, ergo sum:' I am loved, therefore I am." Among other things, I am a Roman Catholic deacon. This is a public cyberspace in which I seek to foster Christian discipleship in the late modern milieu in the diakonia of koinonia and in the recognition that "the Eucharist is the only place of resistance to annihilation of the human subject."

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Saturday, November 4, 2006

My narcissistic echo-chamber

The painting is a painting of the lovers from Greek mythology, Echo and Narcissus. I am feeling my efforts here amount to not much more than shouting to hear my own echo or gazing at my own reflection. I wonder, Is there anybody out there, or is this just merely for my own amusement? A question that is not in the least bit rhetorical.

There are people out there reading. I am, anyway. Just so you know, the "random thoughts" you wrote about on your 100th blog do benefit people like me, for instance. For someone who's been away from the church for so long, this is a lifeline. It's as though God is speaking to me through you, and without your words, I'm not sure I'd be attending mass each week. Thank you.

Thank you for the encouragement. It is a bit needy to ping people about the efficacy of the blog. I should just trust God. However, again, thank you for the kind words. I hope I can continue to be an encouragement to you.

About Me

I am husband and Dad to six lovely children. I am also a Roman Catholic deacon of the Diocese of Salt Lake City. I married in 1993, became a Dad for the first time in 1994 and most recently in 2011 (quite a spread). I was was ordained in 2004. After serving as a deacon for 11 years at The Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City (8 years before I was ordained for a total of 19 years), I am now assigned to St Olaf's Parish in Bountiful, Utah. I am a graduate of the University of Utah and the Institute in Pastoral Ministry at St. Mary's University of Minnesota. I am currently a candidate for a Doctorate in Ministry (D.Min) at Mount Angel Seminary, Oregon.

Madeleine Delbrêl

"We fashion the immortal being we are through our choices. Through our choices we bring the man in us to the fullness of life or to the worst of human suffering. At the hour of his death each human being has become either a person who will live with God forever, or who will be without God forever" Madeleine Delbrêl

St. Paul

"I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect" (Rom. 12:1-2)

Two men I greatly admire

BXVI w/ Abp Rowan

C.S. Lewis

“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: 'What! You too? I thought I was the only one'” Lewis